Where does “menetjegy” come from?
menetjegy (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian menet, from Hungarian men-, from Hungarian megy, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.
menetjegy (Hungarian): ticket
Ancestry of “menetjegy”, step by step
menetjegy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian menet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | menet | on the way; march, procession; course |
| 2 | Hungarian | men- | — |
| 3 | Hungarian | megy | to go |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | mene- | to go |
via Hungarian jegy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | jegy | sign, mark, feature, trait, characteristic; a... |
| 2 | Hungarian | jel | sign, symbol; marker, inflectional suffix or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | jälke | — |